Namwete Surname

744,013th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 387 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Namwete Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Namwete Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania3811:138,95412,811
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Namwete Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Namwete Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Namwete is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Namwete.

How Common Is The Last Name Namwete? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 744,013th most frequently occurring last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 18,830,868 people. The last name Namwete is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Namwete are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

The last name Namwete is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is held by 381 people, or 1 in 138,954. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Mtwara Region, where 99 percent reside, Lindi Region, where 1 percent reside and Mbeya Region, where 0 percent reside. Excluding Tanzania this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 1 percent reside and Kenya, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nammwete931/
Namwet92621/
Namweta8640/
Nambete866/
Namweti864/
Namwate861/
Namweeta801/
Namweita801/
Nambethe801/
Namwiste801/
Nambet7725/
Namuet771/
Nomvete71889/
Namwita71177/
Nambite7113/
Nomuete713/
Nanweta711/
Nomvethe67194/
Namwaita6710/
Nambaite679/
Namwithi675/
Nambitte673/
Nomuethe672/
Namwoita672/
Namviste671/
Nanwaite671/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Namwete
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